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Punnai Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Punnai is a medium size village located in Cheyyar Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 194 families residing. The Punnai village has population of 707 of which 338 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punnai village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 10.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punnai village is 1092 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punnai as per census is 1655, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punnai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punnai village was 76.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punnai Male literacy stands at 87.06 % while female literacy rate was 67.29 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Punnai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Punnai village.

Punnai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 707 338 369
Child (0-6) 77 29 48
Schedule Caste 264 128 136
Schedule Tribe 14 7 7
Literacy 76.98 % 87.06 % 67.29 %
Total Workers 496 244 252
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 32 20 12

Caste Factor

In Punnai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.98 % of total population in Punnai village.

Work Profile

In Punnai village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 93.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 327 were Agricultural labourer.